{"id":63879,"date":"2022-05-20T15:21:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=63879"},"modified":"2022-05-20T15:24:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:24:55","slug":"illustration-by-fran-murphy-yes-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=63879","title":{"rendered":"Why Not Pass?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Not Pass?<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Yes!<\/a>
\n2022-05-18<\/p>\n

Gila K. Berryman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Illustration by Fran Murphy<\/a>\/YES! Media<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe Vanishing Half<\/a>\u201d deals with the theme of racial \u201cpassing\u201d<\/a> in the 1950s. Passing is different today, but still presents a choice between safety and authenticity<\/em><\/p>\n

The Vanishing Half<\/em><\/a> by Brit Bennett<\/a> was one of the most popular novels of the last few years\u2014a bestseller on multiple \u201cbest book\u201d lists. The story begins in 1954, when identical twins Stella and Desiree, aged 16, run away from home and their Southern town of light-skinned Black folks. In a year, the twins will go their separate ways, \u201ctheir lives splitting as evenly as their shared egg,\u201d when Stella crosses over to pass as White<\/a>\u2014she disappears, marries her White employer, and doesn\u2019t look back.<\/p>\n

American Whiteness exacts a high price in exchange for its safety and privilege. In order to pass, Stella severs every connection to her previous life so she can hide her true identity, even from her husband. As a result, she can never completely let her guard down around White people, and she refuses to have anything to do with Black people for fear that they might recognize some vestige of her Blackness…<\/p>\n

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